Daddy and MLO

I think MLO is punishing daddy for not being around.

Last week there were a few days in a row (Tue-Thur) that he worked late out and wasn't around. This meant that MLO didn't get her daddy play time. Most of the weekend he was busy in the office or something and she didn't get to see him much.

So now, she is ignoring him when he walks in the room. He will ask for a hug and she says "no" and turns away. He is still laughing about it, but it hurts me a little.

I told him he needs to stay home and play in her room with her (whether he was invited or not) and the three of us should do something together. Once she is playing with him, I plan to try and sneek out (to the living room) and let them play.

Hopefully this will restore the bond and get her running to him like she used to.

Fun weekend

Well I had a fun weekend.

Hubby and I pulled out his old bicycle and we put a baby seat on it. Then MLO and I went bike riding. She hates the helmet, but when we go fast and see a lot of things flashing by she forgets she has it on.

She loved it when I chased the birds and made them fly everywhere.

We got the kind of seat that is in the middle of the bike like this:






The bike is really steady and she can see so much more.

We then cleaned out several rooms of the house of all that stuff that accumulates over holidays and so on. While it may not sound fun - it is fun to be able to walk in rooms that we couldn't walk in before.

Then on Sunday, MLO grandma came and took her for a bunch of hours and I got some time for myself. I went shopping (hit some great sales) and saw "The Holiday" which was a cute movie and good for me at that exact moment.

So a fun weekend!!

BTW - No one is paying me any money for this stuff. Thought I would say that with all this silly controversy about bloggers being paid to say good stuff. Honestly everything is going to be abused by some people, but not everyone. I know people who do get paid but only take the money when they honestly liked the product. They didn't write good stuff just to write good stuff, they were honest. So everyone should just pipe down for goodness sakes.

MLO and bath time

MLO loves taking a bath, as long as:

a) someone is playing with her at all times
b) all (and I mean all) of her bath toys are in the bath tub
c) the water is very warm (almost hot)
d) the water is high enough so she can almost swim in it
e) you don't try to wash her hair

Of course, "e" gets done everytime and I have still (after 16 months of doing this) not figured out how to get through this time without her screaming at the top of her lungs.

That was, until last night. I bought a Shampoo Rinsing Cup thinking that I was just dreaming that it would make it better.

You know what - it did. She almost didn't stop playing with her toys while I rinsed her head (she did stop, but no screaming and went straight back to the toys).

I really thought about how I was going to use it before I started, planning it out in my head to somehow make it not too dramatic. And it worked!!!

Believe me, this makes bath time so much easier to confront each night.

Weather

Malibu and Beverly Hills had snow last night.

Where I am we had ice on the grass and this crazy wind that could pick me up and blow me down several city blocks.

I am loving every minute of it! I am not native to this area so love winter weather and think it is great.

It is a little strange though and makes you worry about the whole global warming thing. Though this cooling - it is still strange.

Hope everyone is fairing well in whatever weather they are having!

TV is back in my life

So all the shows are starting back up with new episodes.

You know, I actually liked it when they weren't around. I only turned on the TV occasionally, when there was nothing else to do or I wanted some background noise. If there wasn't anything good on, I would put in on one of those music stations or play a movie I own.

It was relaxing.

Having to work at remember which show is on when. Not to miss anything. Make sure the baby didn't want to play during those times.

When did watching TV become so stressful!!!

Sushi night

Last night we went over to some friends house who know how to do sushi at home. They taught us and we got to make and eat our own sushi - it was delicious.

There is this thing called a battleship. Which starts as a "ball" of rice in the shape of a quarter. You then wrap seaweed around the quarter and make this empty cylinder. It can be as tall as you want, but the whole thing goes in your mouth at once, so don't make it too tall!

You wet the edge of the seaweed so it will stay together. You then stuff the cylinder with whatever you want. You pick up the whole thing, let it sit in soy sauce for a few seconds and then tilt your head back and drop it in.

Your mouth is very full, but it is really yummy because you put exactly what you want in it.

MLO loves fish and especially sushi. I would say it is currently her favorite food (a little strange for a 16 month old - but she is related to us). She ate as much sushi as I did, and I was no slouch last night because it was so good.

This of course, meant that last night, MLO sleeped through the night. Her little tommy was so full, which is a nice thing to have happen.

She regularly sleeps about six hours straight, but wakes up once still and cries until I get her. But if we stuff her full (which she only does if it is food she really likes), then she sleeps eight to ten hours straight. Mommy definitely likes those nights :)

More of MLO as daddy's little girl

We all got a touch of the flu this last week. I probably with the worse case and hubby with the mildest.

Yesterday, hubby let lose a sneeze (note: hubby's sneezes make the planet slightly change it's orbit and MLO has always been a little worried about hubby when he sneezes).

So after yesterday's sneeze which was a nice and loud one, MLO gets a worried look on her face. I tell her that it was just daddy sneezing and he is okay. She looks at him and he smiles and waves. She runs over to him with her arms up (the classic pick me up move) and gets scooped into his arms.

She then proceeds to pat him on the back as if saying "it's okay".

We died laughing.